A look at Ruth Bader Ginsburg's career, in photos

The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery Friday to remove two malignant growths from her left lung. It's Ginsburg's third bout with cancer since she joined the court in 1993. Here's a look at archive photos from Ginsburg's tenure on the Supreme Court.

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Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg addresses reporters in the Rose Garden of the White House on Monday, June 14, 1993 in Washington after President Bill Clinton said he would nominate the judge for the Supreme Court. A three-month search ended Monday and the President picked Ginsburg, 60, a federal appeals judge. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

J. Scott Applewhite

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Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, holds a copy of the U.S. Constitution while meeting with Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Bill Clinton choice for the vacancy on the Supreme Court, on Wednesday, June 16, 1993. They met in Thurmond's Capitol Hill office in Washington. (AP Photo/John Duricka)

John Duricka

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, talks to Supreme Court nominee Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg prior to the start of her confirmation hearing before the committee on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, July 20, 1993 in Washington. (AP Photo/John Duricka)

John Duricka

Martin Ginsburg, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Bill Clinton, William Rehnquist

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 1993, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg takes the court oath from Chief Justice William Rehnquist, right, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Ginsburg's husband Martin holds the Bible and President Bill Clinton looks on at left. The cookbook “Chef Supreme” published in Dec. 2011 and contains nearly 50 of the late Martin Ginsburg’s recipes. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)

GINSBURG KENNEDY BREYER

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Anthony M. Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Stephen Breyer, right enter stage center as they play the roles of themselves in the Washington Opera's production of Die Fledermaus at Independence Hall in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2003. Despite their limited performing arts resumes, the three made rare special appearances, with non-singing roles, in the opera. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

GERALD HERBERT

PEOPLE GINSBURG

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, right, shares laugh with her husband Martin as they listen to Justice Stephen Breyer speak at Columbia Law School Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. The occassion celebrated the 10th anniversary of her appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States. (AP Photo/Ed Bailey)

ED BAILEY

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks to students at New England Law School in Boston Friday, March 13, 2009. Ginsburg said advice and camaraderie from her fellow justices have helped her in her fight against pancreatic cancer. The 75-year-old had surgery last month to remove a small malignant tumor but returned to the bench without missing a day of work. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg is seen on stage at the Women's Conference Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010, in Long Beach, Calif., (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

Matt Sayles

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Award recipient Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appears onstage at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards on Monday, Nov. 12, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Charles Sykes

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg poses for a photo in her chambers at the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2013, before an interview with the Associated Press. Ginsburg said during the interview that it was easy to foresee that Southern states would push ahead with tougher voter identification laws and other measures once the Supreme Court freed them from strict federal oversight of their elections. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is introduced during the keynote address for the State Bar of New Mexico's Annual Meeting held in Pojoaque, N.M., Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Craig Fritz)

Craig Fritz

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FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2017 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif. Ginsburg is praising the media at a time when the Trump administration has accused reporters of being dishonest and delivering “fake news.” (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Marcio Jose Sanchez

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The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for an official group portrait to include new Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, top row, far right, Thursday. June 1, 2017, at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. Seated, front row, from left are, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, and Associate Justice Stephen Breyer. Back row, standing, from left are, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

J. Scott Applewhite

Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg Staying Put

In this Sept. 20, 2017, file photo, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reacts to applause as she is introduced by William Treanor, Dean and Executive Vice President of Georgetown University Law Center, at the Georgetown University Law Center campus in Washington. In different circumstances, Ginsburg might be on a valedictory tour in her final months on the Supreme Court. But in the era of Donald Trump, the 84-year-old Ginsburg is packing her schedule and sending signals she intends to keep her seat on the bench for years.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Carolyn Kaster

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg applauds after a performance in her honor after she spoke about her life and work during a discussion at Georgetown Law School in Washington on Friday, April 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Alex Brandon

Israel People Ginsburg

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks after the screening of "RBG," the documentary about her, in Jerusalem, Thursday, July 5, 2018. Ginsburg says she hopes the traditional "bipartisan spirit" of congressional hearings for judges will once again prevail rather than recent votes that have divided along party lines. (AP Photo/Caron Creighton)

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